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Brad Cooper; North Carolina; Permitted to plead to second-degree murder...

STORY: "Brad Cooper pleads guilty to second-degree murder; gets at least 12 years in prison, by reporter Anne Blythe, published by The News and Observer on September 22, 2014.PHOTO CAPTION:  "Brad...

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Henry Keogh: A informative chapter from Dr. Bob Moles book "Losing their grip...

 COUNTDOWN: 9 days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014);  CHAPTER:"Losing their grip - the case of Henry Keogh: Chapter eleven: Getting closer to the truth, " by Dr Robert Moles....

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Douglas Hales: Saskatchewan; Although he lost a mistrial motion based on The...

COUNTDOWN: 8  days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014);  STORY: "Judge rules against mistrial in Saskatoon (Mr. Big) murder case," by reporter Bryn Levy, published by CJME on...

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Henry Keogh: Australia; Forensic pathologist Matthew Lynch says Anna-Jane...

ANNA-JANE Cheney likely died accidentally after fainting and hitting her head on the bath she drowned in, an interstate forensic pathology expert has told Henry Keogh’s landmark appeal case. STORY:...

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Mark Lundy: New Zealand; (Convicted of murdering his wife and daughter);...

COUNTDOWN: 7 days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); Update: Recent signed up participants: These include the Irish Innocence Project and  the Canadian National Association's...

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Albert Baird: Nova Scotia; First-degree murder charge in case of missing...

COUNTDOWN: 6 days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); Participant's quote:"One exoneree with whom the Griffith University Innocence Project had the good fortune and great honour to...

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Brad Cooper; North Carolina; Columnist says whether you believe he is...

COUNTDOWN: 5 days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); COMMENTARY: "Saunders: Brad Cooper plea may have been expedient, but it was also troubling," by News and Observer columnist...

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Saskatchewan Star-Phoenix story "Wrongful Conviction Day to raise awareness"...

STORY: "Wrongful Conviction Day to raise awareness," by reporter Betty Ann Adam, published by the Star-Phoenix on September 27, 2014.GIST:  "It's a way of people realizing it's an international...

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Cameron Todd Willingham; Express-News columnist Rick Casey has some sage...

COUNTDOWN: 4 days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); Radio event today (September 28, 2014):   Canadian exonerees Ron Dalton and William Mullins-Johnson (a Charles smith case)  and...

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Wrongful Conviction Day: October 2, 2014. A sampling of just a few of the...

COUNTDOWN:   days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014);PUBLISHER'S VIEW: "As our very first Wrongful  Conviction Day  approaches,  thanks to the initiative  of The Association in...

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Reginald Tanubagijo: California: Convicted in July of second degree murder...

COUNTDOWN: 3 days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); Participant's quote. Legal Aid Ontario: “Wrongful Conviction Day highlights the importance of not only remedying but also...

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Anti-junk science legislation: Forensics in Focus publisher Mike Bowers...

COUNTDOWN: 3  days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014);POST: "Anti-junk forensic science bill is now law: Criminal justice public  policy breakthrough in California," by Mike Bowers,...

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Ed Graf: Jury selection begins October 6. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals...

  STORY: "Questionnaires to aid Ed Graf murder retrial jury selection," by reporter Tommy Witherspoon, published by the Waco Tribune on September 28, 2014.GIST: "The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals...

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Wrongful Conviction Day: 1 Day to go. Ohio Innocence says this international...

COUNTDOWN: 1  day to  go to the very first Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); STORY: Ohio Innocence Project signs up for Wrongful Conviction Day: Statement by Mark Godsey,  Director,...

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Michael Alan Parker: North Carolina; Exonerated : Court has dismissed all...

COUNTDOWN: 1  day to  go to the very first Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); STORY: "Man exonerated, ends 22-year prison stay," published by Associated Press,  on August 27,...

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Thursday, October 2, 2014; Wrongful Conviction Day: Romeo Phillion; Ontario,...

PUBLISHER' S VIEW (Editorial); Romeo Phillion spent 31-years in penitentiary as a murderer before having his conviction quashed by the Ontario Court of Appeal. He was never provided a police report...

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Amanda Knox: Her extraordinary account of "What it feels like to be wrongly...

  ESSAY: "What it feels like to be wrongly accused," by Amanda Knox published by  Seattle Met Magazine on October 1, 2014. SUB-HEADING: "I spent four years in an Italian prison for a crime I did not...

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Ed Graf: Texas. Convicted neary 30 years ago; Arson. Retrial set to start...

STORY: "Activist group pushes for exoneration in 1986 Hewitt  double murder case," by reporter Chris Davis, published by KCEN TV on October 1, 2014.GIST: "It's a nearly 30-year-old murder case, and now...

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Eye-witness identification: Time Magazine goes "Behind the messy science of...

STORY: "Behind the messy science of police lineups,"  by reporter Josh Sanburn, published by Time Magazine  on October 3, 2014.SUB-HEADING: "A National Academy of Sciences report  recommends sweeping...

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National Academy of Sciences lineups report: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story...

STORY: "National report on witness identification does little to settle Pittsburgh dispute on best procedures," by reporter Paula Reed Ward, published by the   Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on October 4,...

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